Another international consortium has its sights set on the Murchison region of mid-west Western Australia to study radio astronomy.

Radio testing is already being done at Mileura Station as part of an Australian team's bid to host a square kilometre array telescope, which aims to gather astronomical information from deep in space.

The second consortium includes Australian universities, United States science institutes and the CSIRO and wants to take advantage of the radio-quiet Murchison to study the early universe.

The Mid-West Development Commission's Priscilla Clayton says scientists have installed test equipment to see whether it will stand up to interference from rabbits and other animals.

"Secondly I suppose what they will be doing is to try and get some baseline data, so what they will be doing down the track is to try and see whether they can pick up any radio signals from the area," she said.